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| KOBE:
Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art ------------------------------------------ |
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The Museum designed
by the world-renowned architect Tadao Ando was opened as a symbol of “recovery
of the human mind” from the Great Hanshin-Awaji earthquake. |
[Special
exhibition]
~11/ 23,Tue
Attires of the Silk Road – Beauty displayed by the Nomads that Blossomed
at the Paris Collection
Silk Road Folk costumes and accessories, as well as the most recent mode seen
in Paris Collections will be jointly exhibited. |
[Collection
exhibition]
~ 11/ 14, Sun
Feature Exhibition: Paintings of Yokoo Tadanori 1966-1996
Mini Exhibition: Shapes in the Art World |
[Open]
10:00am – 6:00pm (entrance permitted until 5:30pm)
* Open from 10:00am to 8:00pm (entrance permitted until 7:30pm) on Friday and
Saturday during special exhibitions
[Close] Monday (Tuesday if a national holiday falls
on Monday)
Year-end & New Year (12/ 28 – 1/ 4)
[Admission]
•Permanent Exhibitions / Adult:¥500, Student: ¥400, Child:¥250
•Special Exhibitions / Varies among exhibitions.
[Access]
About 8 minutes walk from Hanshin Iwaya Station. About 10 minutes walk from JR
Nada Station’s South Exit.
[Address] 1-1-1, Wakihama Kaigandori, Chuo-ku, Kobe [TEL]
078-262-0901
[e-mail] museum@artm.pref.hyogo.jp
[URL] http://www.artm.pref.hyogo.jp/eng/home.html
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| KOBE:
Kosetu Museum of Art --------------------------------------------------------- |
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The collections
cover a wide variety of artworks ranging from paintings and calligraphic works,
Buddhist art, tea-things, lacquer works to arms and armors. |
[Special exhibition]
~ 12/19, Sun
Autumn Exhibition 2004 : Rikyu and a world of the Tea Ceremony |
[Open]
10:00am – 5:00pm (entrance permitted until 4:30pm)
[Close] No holidays during exhibition days
[Admission] Adult:¥700, Student:¥450, Child:¥250
[Access]
About 5minutes walk toward southeast from Hankyu Kobe line Mikage Station.
About 10minutes walk toward northwest from JR Sumiyoshi Station
Address: 285 Ishinoaza, Gunge, Mikagecho, Higashinada-ku, Kobe
[TEL] 078-841-0652 [URL]
http://www.h3.dion.ne.jp/~kousetu/
(Japanese only) |
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| KOBE:
Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum ------------------------------------------------- |
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The Hakutsuru Fine
Art Museum Foundation was established in 1931 by the 7th successor Jihei Kanou
of the founder and was completed and opened in 1934. It can be said to be the
pioneer of private museums. |
[Special exhibition]
•Main Building
~11/ 28, Sun The 70th Anniversary Exhibition: Autumn
Exhibition 2004 |
•Annex
To commemorate the 60th year anniversary of the opening of the Hakutsuru Sake
Brewery Museum, the annex was opened in 1995. The focus of its display has been
Persian carpets, i.e., it is a carpet museum. It has been evaluated highly as
Japan's first carpet exhibition facility. |
[Open]
10:00am – 4:30pm (entrance permitted until 4:00pm)
[Close] Monday (Tuesday if a national holiday falls
on Monday)
[Admission] Adult: ¥800, Student: ¥500, Child:
¥250
[Access]
Take a bus No.38 departing from Hanshin Mikage station or JR Sumiyoshi station
and get off at "Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum" bus stop. About 15 minutes
walk toward (approximately one kilometer) northeast from Hankyu Mikage station.
[Address] 6-1-1 Sumiyoshiyama, Higashinada-ku, Kobe
[TEL] 078-851-6001 [URL]
http://www.hakutsuru-sake.com/content/09.html
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| HANSHIN:
Ashiya City Museum of Art&History ---------------------------------- |
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The Ashiya City Museum of Art &
History was established in 1990 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the city.
It’s a complex facility that consists of two divisions, the art and the
history. The museum has a large collection of store art works, and works by artists
who have a connection with Ashiya city. |
[Exhibition schedule]
9/12,Sun ~11/23,Tue KOSHINO
HIROKO Exhibition 2004
The theme of the exhibition is “Koshino Hiroko in Ashiya”. Among the
fascinating items on display are not only fashions, but also works of art such
as India-ink paintings. |
[Admission]
Adult: ¥1000, Student:¥800, child is free.
[Open] 10:00am – 5:00pm (entrance permitted
until 4:30pm)
[Close] Monday (Tuesday if a national holiday falls
on Monday)
[Access]
Get off at Ashiya Station on Hanshin Railway Line, and take a Hankyu bus to the
Midori-cho bus stop.
[TEL] 0797-38-5432 [URL]
http://www.ashiya-web.or.jp/museum/index.html
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| HARIMA:
Himeji City Museum of Art ------------------------------------------------- |
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Himeji City Museum of Art was opened
in 1983 as a sanctuary of beauty where aesthetic culture could be cultivated and
local artists could be fostered. The museum displays Japanese paintings, oil paintings,
water paintings, sketches, prints, sculptures, and Japanese swords. |
| A number of world’s famous work such as
sculptures of Rodin and Antoine Bourdelle, and paintings by Paul Delvaux, a master
of surrealism. |
[Special exhibitions]
~10/24, Sun
Fantastic Art in Europe- xxCenturies
European paintings, sculptures, and art crafts from the 19th Century through the
20th Century are on display. |
11/2,Tue~12/23,Thu
Exhibition of Muneyoshi Yanagi
Muneyoshi Yanagi was a philosopher who founded a folk craft museum in Tokyo in
1936. Some of his novels are on display. |
[Open]
10:00am – 4:00pm (entrance permitted until 4:30pm)
[Close] Monday (Tuesday if a national holiday falls
on Monday)
[Admission]
•Permanent exhibitions Adult:
¥200, Student: ¥150, Child: ¥100
•Special Exhibitions Varies
among exhibitions.
[Access]
Take Shinki bus (No.3, 4, or 64) from the north side of JR Himeji Station. Get
off at “Bijutsukan-mae”.
[Address] 68-25 Honmachi, Himeji [TEL]
0792-22-2288
[URL] http://www.city.himeji.hyogo.jp/art/english/index.html
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| TAJIMA:
Asago Art Village -------------------------------------------------------------- |
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Opened in 1999 in the wide range
of woods, right below the huge Rock-fill Dam, Tataragi Dam.
The museum mainly exhibits a lifetime artworks donated by Toshio Yodoi, a sculptor
of a cultural medal, and the artworks of the open-air sculpture. |
[Special exhibitions]
~ 10/11, Mon
The great works of Japanese famous artists aged 90+
Many paintings and sculptures are on display. |
[Open]
9:00am – 5:00pm (entrance permitted until 4:30pm)
[Close] Wednesday (Thursday if a national holiday
falls on Wednesday)
[Admission] Adult: ¥500, Student:
¥300, Child: ¥200
[Access] 10 minutes by taxi from JR Nii station [Address]
739-3 Tataragi, Asago-cho
[TEL] 079-670-4111 [URL]
http://www2.nkansai.ne.jp/asago/museum/
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| TANBA:
Ueno Memorial Museum ----------------------------------------------------- |
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Opened in 1994. The museum is an
unique Greek style building piled up by granite
The exhibition features modern arts, Chinese artifacts, and folk arts from Papua
New Guinea. |
[Special exhibitions]
~ 10/24, Sun The exhibition
of Hokusai Katsushika
The exhibition features the great works of Japan’s well-known artist, Hokusai
Katsushika, including “thirty-six views of Mt. Fuji” and “Hokusai
Manga”, fifteen volumes of Hokusai’s sketches. |
[Open]
10:00am – 5:00pm (entrance permitted until 4:30pm)
[Close] Monday (Tuesday if a national holiday falls
on Monday)
[Admission]
•Permanent exhibitions Adult:
¥300, Student: ¥200, Child: ¥100
•Special exhibition Varies
among exhibitions.
[Access] Take a local bus from JR Isou station and
get off at Kyobashi.
[Address] 615-4 Nishinaka, Hikami-cho [TEL]
0795-82-5945 |
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| TANBA:
Sasayama Historical Artifacts Museum ---------------------------------- |
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The building built in 1890 is originally
a district courthouse and now has been preserved as a museum. The museum has collections
of pottery, armor, and the daily artifacts used by lords and Samurais. |
[Special exhibitions]
10/7, Thu ~ 11/23, Tue
The exhibition of swords made by today’s sword smith in Kinki region and
treasured swords from Kasuga Shrine. |
[Open]
9:00am – 4:30pm
[Close] Wednesday (Thursday if a national holiday
falls on Wednesday)
[Admission]
•Permanent exhibitions Adult:
¥300, Student: ¥200, Child: ¥100
•Special exhibitions Varies
among exhibitions.
[Access] Take a local bus from JR Sasayama guchi
station and get off at Kasuga Shrine.
[Address] 53 Gofuku-cho, Sasayama [TEL]
079-552-0601
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TANBA:
Seidan Town Takigawa Memorial Art Museum “Gyokuseikan”
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Jikihara Gyokusei , the great artist
of the Nippon Nanga style, reconstructed Kokusei Zenji Temple and drew many of
the Fusuma-e (paintings on the sliding doors). The master artist Takigawa was
attracted to Gyokusei’s work, and supported the inauguration of the first
museum of Nanga in Japan. |
[Special exhibition]
~10/17, Sun The 100th Anniversary
Exihibition of Jikihara Gyokusei
“Kakejiku”, hanging tapestries, and various sketch paintings
done in China, Norway, Sri Lanka are on display. |
[Open]
9:00am – 5:00pm (entrance permitted until 4:30pm)
[Close] Monday (Tuesday if a national holiday falls
on Monday)
[Admission] Adult: ¥300, Student: ¥200, Child:
¥100
[Access] Take a bus from JR Maiko station towards
Fukura. Get off at Shichi and take a taxi to the musem.
[Address] 1137-1 Nishiji, Matsuho, Seidancho [TEL]
0799-36-2314 |
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Hyogo
Tourism Association
Prefectural Industry Hall , 7-28-33 Nakayamate-dori ,Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japanzip:650-0004
Tel:078-361-8086 Fax:078-361-8087
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